Recent content by elfchic

I am an aspiring writer, but I feel I have no control over my own thoughts. I can't keep my characters in character, and certain things trigger this. It makes it hard to write or develop the story when I can't keep in one state of mind. Terrible thoughts enter my head that go against what i am...

I have a scene in my book were the main character tempts suicide, I am thinking he tries to jump into a river. I have no idea how to write it, I have never done anything like that before so I just can't put myself in his shoes. I can't quite get into his head. Do you have any suggestions...

Like can it be sweet and gentle but not too Sappy? I want to write it this way because that is the way my characters are to each other, very loving. But I don't want it to be cheesy or mushy or sappy. Is there anything that can help me achieve this? Like a book? Or do you have any advice? Thanks!

Is it too simple? This is a piece of my book, I changed the characters names in this little snippet. Cadmius and I set up camp in a clearing. I have gone camping before but not like this. Sometimes it was just my dad and I, and I was really young at the time. Cadmius and I have nothing to...

So sweet, I loved it. Good adjectives too, very different.

Maybe set in Victorian times: It was too late when I realized the terrible thing that I had done. I had betrayed the man that loved me when my heart fell for another. It was not a conscious decision that I had made, but one that my heart had chosen for me. What was I to do? My heart was torn...